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the intermediate gears c e l im mi. ,gitaar anni Lette'rsPct'ent `No. 83,480, dated October 27, 1868.

IMPROVED WRINGING-MACHINE.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SrMnoN F. Erma-sox, of Seville, in the county ofMedina, and in the State of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in Wring ing-Machines; and I do hereby declare that the-following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which make part of this specification, and in which- Figure l represents an end view of my improved clothes-wrin ger Figure 2, a rearview of the same;

, Figure 3, a view of the bearing-plate which carries the intermediate gears; and Y Figure 4, a view of the slotted journals of the rollers revolve.

My improvements consist in a bearing-plate, having spindles or axes upon which the intermediate gears revolve, and a curved slot for the reception of the journal of the lower roller at the gear-end, together with a hook orl projection for preventing the lower roller from rising, when in operation, by its gear climbing the intermediate gear. A

In the accompanying drawings, which show a convenient arrangement vof parts for carrying out the objects of my invention, A represents the frame of the machine, and B B1 Ithe wringing-rollers. A bearingplate, O2, is seeured'upon one end ofthe machine, and is provided with short spindles or axes, upon which c revolve The journal of the gearing-end of the lower roller, Bl, revolves in a bearing at the `bottom of a curved slot, d, formed in the bearing-'plate C2, and open at top, so as to allow the roller B to be removed, when desired, without detaching its gear, bf. The bearing-plate G2 extends partially over the bearing formed at the bottom of the slot d, in form of a projection or hook, eZ, which projection prevents the lower roller from rising, when in operation, by its gear b climbing the primary intermediate gear c.

i Ihe upper roller, B, .when in the wedge-shaped bearings 71 bearing in which the operation, bears upon at each Aend of the ma chine, against which its journals are pressed.

The bearings h are attached to abar, H, which e tends from one to the other, and is pressed down y springs I, regulated by set-screws t. r

The journal of the upper roller, B, is connected to that 'of the upper intermediate gear, c, by a link, c2,

in such manner that the roller rises and falls in an are concentric with the gear c, and thereby maintains its own gear, b, always in connection therewith.

rlhe journals of the rollers B B, at the ends opposite to the gearing, revolve in a curved slot, y, formed in a plate, G, attached to the frame, the journal of the lower roller resting in a bearing at the bottom of the slot.

The curvature of the slot g is concentric with the intermediate gears c c, which fact, in conjunction with the use ofthe link c2, maintains the gear ofthe upper roller in working connection with the upper intermediate gear, c, during its changes of vertical positionin the operation of the machine.

A wooden roller, E, is pivoted to the -to and in rear of the lower roller, B, the clothes which overhang side of the tub.

F F are pivoted clamps,

i'ame A, near for preventing from rubbing against the provided with set-screwsj;

4by which the machine is vsecured to the tub.

Rotation is communicated to the lower roller, B, by means of the crank B2, and thence through the gears, b', c, c, and b, to the upper roller, B.

Having thus fully described my invention,

Vhat I claim therein as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The bearing-plate G2, furnished with axes C and G, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The bearing-plate C2, furnished with axes O and Ol, slot (Z, and hook d', substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

' 3. The curved slot zZ and hook d', in combination with the gears c c, b b,'rollers B B, slotted plate G, vedgesl1aped bearings h., and plate G2, with the axes C G, substantially as and for the .purposes set'fo'rth.

The above speciiication signed by. me, this 13th day of August, 1868.

. SIMEON F. EMERSON.

Witnesses M. M. CUNNINGHAM, B. S. GnAsn. 

